Plant Manager (Finance)

Job Purpose: This position has responsibility for directing, planning, and leading operations in the areas of production and maintenance to ensure the required business objectives and strategies for the South Region of LGUS are met in a safe and environmentally compliant manner. Scope: Linde is looking for a Plant Manager to manage a new facility in Brownsville, TX for a world-class global customer. This position has accountability for the startup, operations, and maintenance of the Brownsville, TX facility. The successful candidate will represent Linde's operations and support Linde Engineering during the construction, commissioning, and startup phases of this large project. They will be responsible for developing and executing an operation and trucking staffing plan for the new facility. This seasoned individual will be the point person to communicate and coordinate with the customer on all operational issues and have responsibility to meet all obligations set forth in the contract. This individual has expert knowledge of principles and practices within operations, and an understanding of business strategies and culture, and works to achieve results and drive performance on a regional and national basis. Responsibilities: - Directs a group of employees to execute operational requirements, change and/or process improvements. - Ensures compliance to all safety policies and procedures, leads operational discipline throughout the Linde employee organizations, work closely with the SH&E organization in achieving established goals. - Day-to-day supervision of truck drivers and maintenance personnel - Creates and manages complex operational plans that result in the accomplishment of business objectives. - Ensures compliance with all local, state, federal, and Linde policies regarding environmental, permitting, and product quality requirements. - Directs and leads complex or unusual assignments across functional areas. - Act as primary interface, coordinating and facilitating activities and commitments with other departments, businesses, and/or functions. - Ensure emergency response strategies are appropriately formulated, and communication plans are provided. - Establishes goals, promotes decision-making, delegates as appropriate and overcomes obstacles. - Takes a leadership role in creation and oversight of productivity optimization. - Works with strategic independence, conferring with Senior Management on more complex or unusual assignments. - Staff, train, coach, and administer performance reviews, salary increases and corrective action of subordinate employees. - Develops, implements, and supports productivity projects. - Manages and achieves plant and product supply reliability goals. - Manages and achieves plant fixed and variable cost goals, develop monthly business report covering financial performance and create action plans to address deficiencies. - Works across all levels of Linde organizations to achieve desired results into a cohesive and effective management team. Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (engineering degree preferred) - 10+ years operations experience - 5+ years operations management experience - Must be a self-starter with the ability to drive execution of projects and strategic and tactical initiatives. - Must possess proven leadership, team building, and decision-making skills. - Must be reliability and efficiency focused and possess strong planning and execution skills. - Must possess strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to motivate and lead a diverse and inclusive workforce to achieve desired results. - This is a safety sensitive position. About Linde: Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2024 sales of $33 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain and protect our planet. The company serves a variety of end markets including aerospace, chemicals, food and beverage, electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and primary metals. Linde's industrial gases are used in countless applications, from life-saving oxygen for hospitals to high-purity & specialty gases for electronics manufacturing, hydrogen for clean fuels and much more. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions. For more information about the company and its products and services, please visit www.linde.com. - We offer a comprehensive competitive benefits package including paid holidays and vacation, health, dental, disability, life insurance, 401(k) (with matching), and pension benefits. - At Linde, we strive to create a work environment that treats all employees with respect, supports new thoughts and ideas, encourages growth and development, celebrates our differences, and embraces inclusion. Linde is committed to remaining an employer of choice for the diverse, ever-increasing pool of global talent. - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law. Linde thanks all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those applicants who are being considered for an interview will be contacted. Pay commensurate with experience. #LI-LL1